About the Authors

Enke Baldini

Contributed equally to this work with: Enke Baldini, Chiara Tuccilli

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Chiara Tuccilli

Contributed equally to this work with: Enke Baldini, Chiara Tuccilli

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Natalie Prinzi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Salvatore Sorrenti

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Laura Falvo

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Corrado De Vito

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Antonio Catania

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Francesco Tartaglia

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Renzo Mocini

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Carmela Coccaro

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Stefania Alessandrini

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Susi Barollo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Caterina Mian

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Alessandro Antonelli

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Enrico De Antoni

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Massimino D’Armiento

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Salvatore Ulisse

salvatore.ulisse@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB CT EDA MDA SU. Performed the experiments: EB CT NP CC SA SB CM. Analyzed the data: SS CDV EDA MDA SU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS SB FT AC CM LF AA EDA MDA SU. Wrote the paper: EB RM EDA MDA SU.